Officially my first otome finished and quite the odd one since its completely different from other otome I tried (Code Realize, Mystic Messenger, Amnesia)
My thoughts on this are all over the place so lemme summarize like this
What I liked
The comedy. Its what the VN prides itself on, does not take itself seriously for a second, and goes way over the top on many jokes.
Like there's things like Ema (protag) believes one of the guys in the yakuza, one guy is the token passionate honest 'idiot' character, etc
The joke endings. There are 3 'real' endings and 17 joke endings. ALl of them have some really entertaining results through simple choices. Fits the over the top nature of the setting/VN.
Ema is pretty relatable as a protag. She's lazy a f, socially awkward, bullied for reasons she has no control over and tends to be pretty distrustful of the 2 hot guys who just happened to be interested in her randomly.
I feel like this has more appeal to both genders than other otomes. As one review I found put it: “male-targeted gag comedy eroge with its setting and characters tweaked for a female audience.”
What I have mixed/neutral feelings on:
H-scenes - I was really hyped on how otome 18+ H scenes with good production values would be like. In terms of prod values this VN did not disappoint: solid art, voice acting for both parties, inner narration from a female protag, Sex SFX etc. The problem is well.. how the H scenes were written. I'm not usually one to complain about H scenes RUINING the flow of the story (im down for H scenes as long as the sexual tension/romance was built up enough) but the H is super rushed in like they come super almost out of nowhere, especially the first ones for both guys.
Length. On one hand it doesn't overstay its welcome with the 2 love interests. On the other I feel like if it were just a little longer they could have had more development scenes oh well.
The route system: Someone who did a review made a picture that describes how the route system works. I think it works in the sense of having a similar plot in both routes while still implementing a lot of gag endings without it getting too convoluted on how to get them. On the other, it makes the pacing of each individual route weird since I'm used to longer character focused parts fo the route and it not spread out. 80-90% of the game was a long common route.
What I didn't like much:
While they provided good comedy I cant in good conscience say Saitou and Miki are particularly likable characters. Saitous just a forceul douche and Miki while is stupidity is funny, when in serious scenes it makes him more aggraviting and in some ways he's more forceful than Saitou at times. Neither got particularly good character development.
I know this was supposed to gag comedy VN but the romance was VERY VERY shallow and not developed well, mostly on Saitou's route. Even in Miki's it wasn't particularly amazing. It felt like all 3 of them were honestly kinda terrible people but all 3 of their mindsets were "Well the other is hot and we've been stuck together for a while so sure lets romantic it up!"
Tldr: Pretty alright/decent VN. Good for a laugh. Dont take it too seriously or you may legit dislike some or all the characters.
My thoughts on this are all over the place so lemme summarize like this
What I liked
The comedy. Its what the VN prides itself on, does not take itself seriously for a second, and goes way over the top on many jokes.
Like there's things like Ema (protag) believes one of the guys in the yakuza, one guy is the token passionate honest 'idiot' character, etc
The joke endings. There are 3 'real' endings and 17 joke endings. ALl of them have some really entertaining results through simple choices. Fits the over the top nature of the setting/VN.
Ema is pretty relatable as a protag. She's lazy a f, socially awkward, bullied for reasons she has no control over and tends to be pretty distrustful of the 2 hot guys who just happened to be interested in her randomly.
I feel like this has more appeal to both genders than other otomes. As one review I found put it: “male-targeted gag comedy eroge with its setting and characters tweaked for a female audience.”
What I have mixed/neutral feelings on:
H-scenes - I was really hyped on how otome 18+ H scenes with good production values would be like. In terms of prod values this VN did not disappoint: solid art, voice acting for both parties, inner narration from a female protag, Sex SFX etc. The problem is well.. how the H scenes were written. I'm not usually one to complain about H scenes RUINING the flow of the story (im down for H scenes as long as the sexual tension/romance was built up enough) but the H is super rushed in like they come super almost out of nowhere, especially the first ones for both guys.
Length. On one hand it doesn't overstay its welcome with the 2 love interests. On the other I feel like if it were just a little longer they could have had more development scenes oh well.
The route system: Someone who did a review made a picture that describes how the route system works. I think it works in the sense of having a similar plot in both routes while still implementing a lot of gag endings without it getting too convoluted on how to get them. On the other, it makes the pacing of each individual route weird since I'm used to longer character focused parts fo the route and it not spread out. 80-90% of the game was a long common route.
What I didn't like much:
While they provided good comedy I cant in good conscience say Saitou and Miki are particularly likable characters. Saitous just a forceul douche and Miki while is stupidity is funny, when in serious scenes it makes him more aggraviting and in some ways he's more forceful than Saitou at times. Neither got particularly good character development.
I know this was supposed to gag comedy VN but the romance was VERY VERY shallow and not developed well, mostly on Saitou's route. Even in Miki's it wasn't particularly amazing. It felt like all 3 of them were honestly kinda terrible people but all 3 of their mindsets were "Well the other is hot and we've been stuck together for a while so sure lets romantic it up!"
Tldr: Pretty alright/decent VN. Good for a laugh. Dont take it too seriously or you may legit dislike some or all the characters.